Bright ideas
Tushna Commissariat reviews How to Understand E = mc2 by Christophe Galfard
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Movie physics
Science(ish): the Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks, reviewed by Kate Gardner
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Asian renewables contest: China versus the rest
Renewables are booming across Asia, but there are variations in pace and rival options also play a role
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The power of images
Enrico Sacchetti says that photography can be an effective way to communicate science to the general public
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UK renewables: a ‘hostile environment’?
The good news is that renewables now supply nearly 30% of UK electricity. Yet the wider investment picture looks grim
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Riding the gravity wave
Benjamin Skuse reviews On Gravity: a Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject by Anthony Zee
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Africa-Europe concentrating solar power link: a solar land grab?
The “desert solar” idea has been around for some time but some see it as neo-colonial
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Developing clinical partnerships
Translating scientific advances into benefits for patients requires input from clinicians, basic scientists and industry experts, writes Steve Smye
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Can geoengineering ever be low risk?
Scientists debate pros and cons of climate intervention
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The wow and the woo
Jean Bricmont's latest book Quantum Sense and Nonsense "exists in a superposition of states", writes Philip Moriarty
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